Serial Murders Ted Bundy was a handsome, intelligent, and well liked law student who seemed to be the perfect citizen. Bundy fell in love with a girl from a prominent family and became engaged to her. Later, she broke off the engagement, and Bundy was devastated. This is what prompted him to begin killing. Bundy would prey on young women, and would catch them off guard with his charm, abducting them, then beating, raping and …showed first 75 words of 1023 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1023 total…most of us would think of. A serial killer may perceive that he has to kill to survive or self-preserve himself, but he does not kill to take the victim's truck to escape detection, for example. Would a serial killer take a victim's truck, though? Sure, but the reason for killing the victim was not to obtain the truck. In addition, the serial killer goes through phases and periods of "cooling down" or "cooling off."